All Entries Tagged With: "dean lombardi"
GameDay: B’s Visit Kings In Crucial Staples Center Showdown
Teams: Boston Bruins at Los Angeles Kings Records: Boston 42-28-3 (87 Points) , Los Angeles 37-25-12 (86 Points) Location: Staples Center, Los Angeles, California Time: 9:00 P.M. (EST) TV/Radio Info: NESN (Edwards, Brickley, Funayama) – 98.5 The Sports Hub (Goucher, Beers) Last Game: Bruins 1 , San Jose Sharks 2 ……. St. Louis Blues 0 [...]
Report: Bruins Interested In Kings’ Captain Dustin Brown
Following Thursday night’s acquisition of former Blue Jackets’ center Jeff Carter, reports began to surface about the Los Angeles Kings’ interest in dealing their captain, Dustin Brown before Monday’s trading deadline. TSN’s Bob McKenzie and Darren Dreger were the first to break the news, with McKenzie later suggesting that Los Angeles is interested in dealing [...]
Rask’s 41 Stops Enough To Bury Struggling Kings
On Tuesday evening at the TD Garden the Boston Bruins were able to begin what they hope will be another extended winning streak, shutting down the Los Angeles Kings to the tune of a 3-0 victory. Backstopped by 41 saves from Tuukka Rask, –who recorded his 1st shutout since March– the B’s used two tallies [...]
GameDay: Kopitar, Struggling Kings Visit Chara-less Bruins
On Tuesday night the Boston Bruins will return to action for the first time since Saturday’s 5-3 win in Columbus as they get set to host Anze Kopitar and the Los Angeles Kings. The Kings, 13-12-4 (30 Points) are coming off a string of four straight losses, a streak in which they’ve been outscored 11-6 [...]
Season Predictions Part 2: Canucks Poised For A Repeat?
Hello again, and welcome to Part II of my 4-Part NHL season preview. In part I, I gave you all my Eastern Conference Predictions. In part 2, I will give you my predictions for the Western Conference. I will approach these predictions a bit differently than I did those for the Eastern Conference. Today, [...]
Recap of Kings GM Dean Lombardi on NHL Network
Highlights of Los Angeles Kings GM Dean Lombardi’s appearance on the NHL Network – talking Kovalchuk (still, really?), the upcoming trade deadline and more.
Experts Speak Out with Kovy in LA
Ilya Kovalchuk skated on the Kings’ home ice at Staples Center this weekend, 11 games later than when most had figured it would happen. With LA fans split between joy and anger over him spurning the team for a better contract with New Jersey, we checked in with three well respected experts from ESPN and Hockey Night in Canada to get some impartial thoughts.
DAILY RUMORS: Shooting Down Another Silly Spezza Rumor
We at HockeyIndependent.com want to be your resource and filter for what is going on in the NHL. We try to disseminate the noise in the blogosphere. We don’t look to to attack those sources, but to question the veracity of the rumor with cold logic, hockey smarts and knowledge. To do that… we have [...]
Los Angeles Kings finally move, sign Alexei Ponikarovsky
After losing on Ilya Kovalchuk even if his deal with the New Jersey Devils has not been officially approved by the league yet, GM Dean Lombardi took a decision to go in a different direction inking hulking winger Alexei Ponikarovsky to a one-year $3 million contract. The former Penguins and Maple Leafs will also receive [...]
Simon Gagne agrees to waive no-trade clause; Flyers to re-open talks with Marty Turco
GM Paul Holmgren is trying very hard to clear some cap space to sign a veteran goaltender, most likely Marty Turco, to form a goaltending duo with recently re-signed Michael Leighton. And there’s no way Holmgren can improve his goaltending without moving a major contract. That’s why he asked winger Simon Gagne to waive his [...]
Is Ilya Kovalchuk Los Angeles-bound?
With the 2010 free agent period set to begin in two weeks from today on July 1st, rumors are rampant that Ilya Kovalchuk will most surely test free agency as he will become an unrestricted free agent. Kovalchuk, who was acquired by the New Jersey Devils a week before the 2010 NHL trade deadline in [...]
Into Next Season
HI’s Kings correspondent, Anthony Curatolo, takes a look inside the Los Angeles Kings as they have now entered into off-season planning. UFA’s and RFA’s and stud like goalies, oh my!
An Unfortunate Farewell
On Sunday night, as the final seconds ticked from the play clock high above the ice surface at the Staples Center, Kings fans knew within their hearts that, although their first playoff visit in many years has come to an end, the future will hold many more. Congratulations to the Vancouver Canucks who truly stepped [...]
A Sprinkle Of History & Dash Of Reality In The Isles Soup
IslandersPointblank’s Chris Botta had an excellent reality check to the conjecture that somehow Lombardi was a serious candidate to the Isles. Botta tells the excellent tale of the internal outlook the committee-driven Islanders of those yesteryear… Let’s add to it: Lombardi in-turn, had zero interest in the NY Islanders situation. As a highly regarded GM [...]
Free fallin’
It’s time for the Los Angeles Kings to step up and it needs to start tonight against Colorado.
Olympic break hangover – cured
What has gone on in Los Angeles? An opportunity, which the team jumped on, in rebounding last night against Columbus.
They’re back
The Olympics are over. Drew Doughty, Dustin Brown and Jonathan Quick are all coming home with medals. However, they are all coming home united as Kings again. On Monday night, the Olympic break proved beneficial to one team and not so much to the other. The Detroit Red Wings who seemed to be healthy for [...]
Don’t stop believin’
The 2009-10 Los Angeles Kings have overcome not only their own issues as a team, but how the league viewed them heading into the season. Now, this Kings team is proving exactly what they are capable of; of course in “cardiac” style.
Santa drop offs for December 26th, 2009
Just what the doctor ordered. A week off to rest the injured. Could it have come at a better time? And what presents will Santa have for the Kings?
Western Conference looking up at Kings
The Los Angeles Kings sit all alone at the top of the Western Conference. A look at the teams performance up to tonight’s game against Calgary and some game notes.
